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Alienware 17 R4

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Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
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SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateNov 16 '18 at 22:48
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
71.4% Very good
Memory 78.9
1-Core 94.8
2-Core 183
68% 119 Pts
4-Core 350
8-Core 470
52% 410 Pts
64-Core 531
33% 531 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑
This bench: 71.4%
 Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9907
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87.5% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 120
Parallax 104
90% 111 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 109
Splatting 96.4
84% 103 fps
Poor: 81% ↑
This bench: 87.5%
 Great: 149%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme THNSN51T02DUK NV 1TB
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 233 238 232 194 199 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
57.2% Above average
Read 541
Write 253
Mixed 461
SusWrite 233
83% 372 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 36.8
4K Mixed 16.6
66% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 30.6
DQ Write 16.3
DQ Mixed 36.4
24% 27.8 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑
This bench: 57.2%
 Great: 163%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 127 125 122 124 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
72.8% Very good
Read 130
Write 114
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 124
71% 98.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑
This bench: 72.8%
 Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown K821PJ-MIB 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68% Good
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 26.2
MC Mixed 23.8
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 19.8
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 82.7
48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑
This bench: 68%
 Great: 82%
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples1,208x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples757x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples531x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples970x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples440x
SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples193x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples154x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba  $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples131x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples785x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples176x
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HDDRAMUSB
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